Los Angeles - A warning not to show too much skin didn't seem to deter the stars out Sunday for the Grammy Awards.

Jennifer Lopez was among those showing off thigh-high - or higher - openings in their dresses, and she joked about it as she took the stage to present an award. Katy Perry showed down-to-there cleavage in a seafoam gown. | Feb. 10, 2013»Read Full Article

Felix Lembersky’s “Seamstress: The Siege of Leningrad” (1964) shows a lone figure working at a sewing machine.

Felix Lembersky's Jewish heritage and cultural background as a citizen of the Soviet Union during one of the most turbulent times of the modern age express themselves deeply in his artwork — indeed they are buttressed by this identity. The Jewish Museum is hosting a provocative, if at times inconsistent, survey of this artist's profoundly experienced life in paint.

The most ambitious work in the show is an interpretation of atrocity. "Execution: Babi Yar" (1952) depicts the 1941 massacre of 80,000 souls, 34,000 of whom were Jewish. Lembersky was one of the first visual artists to treat this subject matter. In doing so he used compositional devices from art history, specifically Gustave Courbet, as well as his knowledge of Soviet Social Realist traditions and his own gutsy paint application. | June 12, 2013»Read Full Article

Kanye West's hugely anticipated "Yeezus" promises to be some party, with the French electronic music masters tipped to appear alongside the likes of Chief Keef and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon. | June 12, 2013»Read Full Article

Awaiting Milwaukeeans this weekend is a bigger and broader — but still authentic — Polish Fest, which hopes to attract nearly 40,000 people this year from across the nation, thanks to the fest's partnership with Summerfest's Rock 'n Sole Run on Saturday.

The annual festival, which starts at noon Friday, celebrates the mesh of Milwaukee's Polish history and modern heritage. | June 12, 2013»Read Full Article